# Accident 19980208001069A: Piper PA38112, Deland, FL, February 8, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1998, 17:49 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Bob Lee Flight Strip Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1041° N, 81.3140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bob Lee Flight Strip, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1041&lon=-81.3140&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9251T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9251T-1998-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 326 total, 45 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980208001069A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RPM DROP AFTER LIFTOFF. COLLIDED WITH NURSEY. FUEL SELECTOR ON. EMPTY TANK FAILED SECLECT FULLEST TANK FOR LANDING. (-23) MR. COIGNY TOOK OFF AT BOB LEE AIRSTRIP RUNWAY 29, DELAND, FL, UTILIZING THE FULL LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY. AT APPROXIMATELY 35 FOOT ALTITUDE THE E NGINE QUIT AND THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED CRASHING INTO A NURSERY.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE.  THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.  DURING THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS SELECTING THE RIGHT FUEL TANK. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RIGHT TANK CONTAINED ZERO FUEL WITH THE FUEL GAUGE CORROSPONDING THE SAME.  THE LEFT TANK HAD 13 GALLONS OF USABLE FUEL WITH THE FUEL GAUGE AGREEING WITH THE ACTUAL SUMP.  THE INSPECTOR FOUND THAT SELECING THE LEFT FUEL TANK AND PERFORMING AN ENGINE RUN-UP THAT NO UNUSUAL PROBLEMS WERE NOTED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.